How We Think - 9781548299774

In this sense, silly folk and dullards think. The story is told of a man in slight repute for intelligence, who, desiring to be chosen selectman in his New England town, addressed a knot of neighbors in this wise: "I hear you don't believe I know enough to hold office. I wish you to understand that I am thinking about something or other most of the time." Now reflective thought is like this random coursing of things through the mind in that it consists of a succession of things thought of; but it is unlike, in that the mere chance occurrence of any chance "something or other" in an irregular sequence does not suffice. Reflection involves not simply a sequence of ideas, but a consequence-a consecutive ordering in such a way that each determines the next as its proper outcome, while each in turn leans back on its predecessors.

• | Author: John Dewey
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jun 28, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 178 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1548299774
• | ISBN-13: 9781548299774